off. they like to go home and reset and we call it jet fumes, they get really, really powerful when senators want to get out of town, and some of them want to go on kodells, things that advance the legislative agenda outside of washington and being harangued by the president not getting health care done is not something they want to keep doing. the washington post kelsey snell thank you so much. julie pace thank you as well. still ahead on morning joe eric trump says his dad is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders and that republicans need to get in line. we ll ask two republicans, senator rob portman, and congressman charlie dent what they think about that. you re watching morning joe. i m going to 60th street. ditching the cover-up for good? that s cool. showing off my arms? that s cool. being comfortable without a shirt? that s cool. getting the body you want without surgery,
they can t get health care done, they can t get tax reform done. all of this just setting it up for next week when jared kushner will be on capitol hill testifying. all of this of course sucking the oxygen from other policy issues. sucking the oxygen out but is it helping to sort of solidify this grid lock capitol hill? no. he hasn t been able to enact any part of his legislative agenda. he has no major, he says the media is fixated on russia. he brought the special counsel upon himself by firing james comey. now he is acceptsending a not s subtle warning. and it is trump, he doesn t just focus his agenda. he calls in the new york times. if you want to call him, the failing new york times, three
like it s more distractions coming out on the russia front. this gives mcconnell a little bit of breathing room with the president away. i don t think the occasional tweet or occasional phone call from the president so far has move the needle. it s tough to see where he comes up with the political capital with the key people here both on the right and the more moderate republicans who control the fate of this bill. 15 seconds i ll give to each of you. matthew, other than health care, can you name a single legislative initiative, one of the big ones, taxes, infrastructure that you think will be signed, sealed, delivered when we draw 2017 to a close? matthew, you first. it s so hard to predict. i think if they can t get health care done which is probably 50/50, i don t think they ll get infrastructure or taxes done either. kelsey. i agree. i don t know how can get either done. you ll have principles for tax reform that come out this month and that might be it.
out on the russia front. so this gives mcconnell a little bit of breathing room with the president away and i don t think the occasional tweet or occasional phone call from the president so far has really moved the needle and tough to see where he comes up with the capital with the key people here both on the right and the more moderate republicans who actually control the fate of this bill. 15 seconds to each of you starting with you pamatthew. can you name an initiative, taxes, infrastructure that will be signed, sealed, delivered when we draw 2016 to a close? matthew, you first. so hard to predict but if they can t get health care done, 50/50 they won t get taxes done, either. kelsey, your turn. i would agree. i don t know how you can get either done. principles for tax reform that come out this month and that might be it. well, we call them like we see them around here.
of this bill. 15 seconds i ll give to each of you. matthew, other than health care, can you name a single legislative initiative, one of the big ones, taxes, infrastructure that you think will be signed, sealed, delivered when we draw 2017 to a close? matthew, you first. it s so hard to predict. i think if they can t get health care done which is probably 50/50, i don t think they ll get infrastructure or taxes done either. kelsey. i agree. i don t know how can get either done. you ll have principles for tax reform that come out this month and that might be it. we call them like we see them around here. thank you both very much for being a part of our discussion tonight. one more break for us and when we come back, some of the troubling headlines that surfaced today if you re watching from the trump white house and what one veteran republican has been forced to do tonight.